Heart surgeon declares on what really causes heart illnessTunedBody

We physicians with all our experience, know how and authority often acquire a rather large selfishness that tends to make it hard to accept we are wrong. So, here it is. I openly admit to being mistaken. As a heart surgeon with 25 years experience, having done more than 5,000 open-heart surgeries, today is my day to right the wrong with medical and scientific proof. I trained for many years with other prominent physicians labelled “opinion makers.” Bombarded with scientific literature, continually attending education seminars, we opinion makers insisted heart disease resulted from the simple fact of elevated blood cholesterol. The only accepted therapy was prescribing medications to lower cholesterol and a diet that severely restricted fat intake. It Is Not Working! These recommendations are no longer scientifically or morally defensible. Inflammation is not complicated — it is quite simply your body’s natural defence to a foreign invader such as a bacteria, toxin or virus.
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Human stem cells converted to functional lung cells -- ScienceDailyFor the first time, scientists have succeeded in transforming human stem cells into functional lung and airway cells. The advance, reported by Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) researchers, has significant potential for modeling lung disease, screening drugs, studying human lung development, and, ultimately, generating lung tissue for transplantation. The study was published today in the journal Nature Biotechnology. "Researchers have had relative success in turning human stem cells into heart cells, pancreatic beta cells, intestinal cells, liver cells, and nerve cells, raising all sorts of possibilities for regenerative medicine," said study leader Hans-Willem Snoeck, MD, PhD, professor of medicine (in microbiology & immunology) and affiliated with the Columbia Center for Translational Immunology and the Columbia Stem Cell Initiative. The research builds on Dr. In the current study, Dr. "In the longer term, we hope to use this technology to make an autologous lung graft," Dr.

America Could End Homelessness in One Year by Doing ThisIf America really cared about solving the problem of homelessness among it’s citizenry, here’s an idea that would work. Oh- and that opening line references the fact that as far back as 2011 empty houses in America outnumbered homeless families by five times, according to Amnesty International. Anyway, let’s say the problem with homeless people in America was a result of not enough housing. Then, this idea would work. Did you know that you can make houses out of plastic bottles? And it’s not like there is any shortage on used plastic bottles out there. “The United States uses 129.6 Million plastic bottles per day which is 47.3 Billion plastic bottles per year. To build a two bedroom, 1200 square foot home, it takes about 14,000 bottles. The United States throws away enough plastic bottles to build 9257 of these 2 bedroom houses per day! Many people in third world countries have taken up building homes out of plastic bottles, from Africa to Asia.

Do You Know What's Really In Your Tea?Tea is something I drink every single day. It’s sacred at my house – I even have a whole drawer devoted to it! I drink it because it is amazing for your health. The ancient Chinese tradition of drinking tea dates back thousand of years to the early Chinese dynasties and aristocrats who drank the beverage for its medicinal properties. Conventional Teas – An Abundance of Pesticides Did you know that most tea is not washed before it is put it into bags? A recent third-party analysis by Glaucus Research found that 91 percent of Celestial Seasonings tea tested had pesticide residues exceeding the U.S. limits. The “Wellness” tea line was found to contain traces of propargite, also a known carcinogen and developmental toxin. If grocery store brands don’t provide a clean option for you, perhaps a high-end loose leaf tea would circumvent some of the issues of grocery store brands. Teavana tea was tested by an independent lab and 100 percent of it was found to contain pesticides. 1.

Cityzen smart shirt tracks your health, recharges during washingCityzen Science's smart shirt integrates a sensor web, distributed intelligence, communications, and a smartphone app (Photo: Cityzen Sciences) Rightly or wrongly, the French are known for clothing designs that are often less than practical. Now, however, French company Cityzen Sciences has won the CES 2014 Inclusive Innovation in Everyday Health award for its development of a Smart Sensing fabric woven with integral micro-sensors – these add the practical benefit of monitoring the health and fatigue levels of the wearer. The Smart Sensing fabric reads body heat, respiration rate, heart rate, and motion through location via GPS. The new smart fabric combines sensors, fabric, distributed computation, and a small battery-powered transmitter into a unit that links in real time to a smartphone. Smart Sensing fabric, which costs perhaps 30 to 40 percent more than ordinary material, can be safely laundered and ironed. Source: Cityzen Sciences About the Author Post a CommentRelated Articles

Old 1920s Photos From an Alligator Farm in Los AngelesThe Los Angeles Alligator Farm was a pretty crazy place as seen from these old photos from the Los Angeles Public Library. Located next door to the Los Angeles Ostrich Farm in the Lincoln Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, CA, it served as both an alligator farm and a major city tourist attraction from 1907 until 1953. It was eventually shut down in 1984 after the annual attendance dropped below 50,000. The 1920s wasn’t a period of many safety regulations. Even for kids. Or dogs. “I’ll take a glass of your finest milk, barkeep!” Newborn baby alligators being counted, and boxed for some insane reason. Nothing beats a nice relaxing massage. She’s in her 100s now, but I bet this is her Facebook profile picture. Looked like a pretty crazy place where people got a bit too up close and personal to the gators for my taste. Source: The Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection Share these antique photos with your friends below.

1200 Calories: The dangerous tightrope that many women are trying to walk, because they think this is how thinness is achieved via reddit.comArt de Vivre Sain - Le véritable Art de Vivre Sainement & NaturellementTo Study Aggression, a Fight Club for FliesContinue reading the main story Video Males’ aggression toward each other is an old story throughout the animal kingdom. It’s not that females aren’t aggressive, but in many species, male-on-male battles are more common. Take fruit flies. Dr. The gene is also found in mammals, and has also been associated with aggression in some mammalian species, perhaps even in humans, although that is not clear. The discovery, reported in the journal Cell last month, does not tell the whole story of fly aggression. Photo The painstaking process of discovery, recounted step by step in the paper, gives a glimpse of modern brain research and the lengths to which scientists must go if they want to get down to the level of how neurons control behavior. “They did a huge amount of experiments,” said Ulrike Heberlein at the Janelia Farm research campus of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. That, she said, is “one of the powers of the fly.” The research began, Dr. What this might mean for humans is unclear.

Once You See These Rare Historical Photos, You’ll Never Forget Them, Especially #14. Wow.May 062014 Like some of you, I’m also a rabid history buff, specializing in collecting the most interesting rare historic photos. I only curate the rare ones that have a significant impact on the history of the world. Find out below some of the most fascinating rare historical photos ever captured on camera. Thanks to these great images, we now have before us a rare window to some of the most interesting moments of our world history. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 14-year-old Osama bin Laden (2nd from the right) 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50.

Handheld 3D Bio-Pen Could Transform ImplantsKyle Maxey posted on December 10, 2013 | Comment | 3804 views Researchers at the University of Wollogong in New South Wales, Australia, have created a Bio-Pen that could give surgeons the ability to build custom tailored osteo-implants during surgical procedures. Using a method dubbed “additive biofabrication,” the new BioPen works by placing live cells and growth factors directly onto chipped, broken or fractured bone and cartilage. Similar to a 3D printer, the BioPen works by laying a matrix of cellular material onto a damaged section of bone. With a working prototype well in hand, University scientists have passed the Bio-Pen over to researchers at Melbourne’s St. According to Peter Choon, Director of Othopedics at St. David Wallace, ACES Director, added to Choon's statement, "What’s more, advances in 3D printing are enabling further hardware innovations in a rapid manner.” Images Courtesy of the University of Wollogong